Gini on team resilience, Coutinho brilliance and Simon's speciality

Georginio Wijnaldum praised the resilience and fighting spirit of the Liverpool team after they returned to winning ways with a 3-2 success against Leicester City.

In a thrilling Premier League encounter at the King Power Stadium, Mohamed Salah headed the Reds into the lead before Philippe Coutinho added a second with a magical free-kick.

Shinji Okazaki pulled a goal back in first-half stoppage-time, only for Jordan Henderson to make it 3-1 at the end of a counter-attack.

However, the hosts refused to give up and Jamie Vardy quickly reduced their arrears again, but the Leicester No.9 was then left frustrated when he saw his penalty brilliantly saved by Simon Mignolet.

The home side continued to throw everything at Liverpool in the search for an equaliser and Wijnaldum admitted it was a satisfying feeling to prevent the points from slipping away.

“We showed a lot of character,” he told Liverpoolfc.com.

“After the goal they scored [to make it 3-2] it gave them a little bit of confidence and it also took a little bit of confidence off us because it was really tough and they kept pushing, and we had to defend with all that we’ve got.

“I think we have played better games than we did today, but we have won the game, which is the most important thing.

“We fought until the end to win the three points and I think this is a really good win because it’s not easy to win at Leicester.”